IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 31, 2019

Unfortunately, recent research suggests that many students are not provided clear, concise, and accurate information they need to fully understand the financial implications of the choices they have made. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office. 6] National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

José Martí Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund. José Martí Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund Focus: Florida residents. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s Youth Awards award a grant you can use for college or fund a community service project. Students must have already completed one full year of undergraduate study.

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Believe in Students

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I paid for college at my dream school (a small liberal arts college) through student loans, financial aid grants, a tiny amount from family, work-study jobs, and a scholarship or two, desperately patched together to make everything add up so I could afford to keep going to school year after year. I didn’t know of one.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

More than 5 million borrowers have enrolled in the Biden-Harris administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) student loan debt plan, according to the U.S. The Biden-Harris Administration will not rest in its efforts to fix the broken student loan system and make paying for college more affordable.”

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Many companies — from small businesses to major corporations — offer scholarships and grants to college students. Undergraduate students must have at least a 3.0 Funded by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, the Dell Scholars Program awards $20,000 to full-time college students with financial need. Amount: $20,000.

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 8, 2024

The following scams are common and criminals are continuously creating new ones: Fake listings: These scams for apartments, used books, movers, and other services, start with an ad, usually at the beginning of a semester, that offers things that students need quickly — at an attractively low price. Consolidate multiple Federal student loans.

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Scholarship America

JUNE 1, 2023

Sharp cuts in state and federal funding, especially after the 2008 recession, led to a need to bring in more tuition revenue, and competition for enrollment has led schools to spend more on administration, services and amenities. The good news is that some states are beginning to reinvest in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

A Texas district judge ’s decision to str ike down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan Thursday is a significant blow to the future of the program, according to experts. The Biden administration immediately a nnounced that it would appeal the decision , but U.S. In response to the ruling, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Last week, ED announced $50 million in funding for personnel and resources, including technical assistance and support, deployed to support institutions, students and their families with Better FAFSA®. The goal is for this to be transformational for hundreds of thousands of additional students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

billion on the table last year in the form of unclaimed Pell Grant funds—around 14% of annual Pell expenditures. That unclaimed money leads directly to fewer students attending and completing college. The non-profit then multiplied this number by the average Pell Grant award of $4,686 to get the nearly $3.6 billion total.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

Although the news cycle has been dominated by the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program and its fate at the U.S. With IDR plans, student loan recipients’ monthly payments are based on their incomes, instead of being set at a fixed amount.

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COE

MAY 10, 2023

The Sisterhood: Deloris Davis Grant and Dianne Davis Wright Lead Book Club Discussion of Sister Viola Davis’s Memoir, Finding Me May 10, 2023 — by Maura Casey “I am so lucky to have my sisterhood, to belong to the club of the Davis girls,” said Deloris Davis Grant. None of us could fight individually. This is her story in her words.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2022

One such compromise involved the Pell Grant, which President Biden had proposed increasing by over $2,000, part of a plan to double the maximum award by 2029. People should feel good that the Pell Grant is increasing as much as it is,” said Dr. “MSIs need infrastructure support and have been lacking it for decades.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After months of uncertainty for borrowers, the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program, which offers $10,000 of relief to those making up to $125,000 and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, came before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in oral arguments that stretched for over an hour past their scheduled time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Perhaps the most significant public policy moment for colleges and universities this year was the failure of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) legislation, after the administration and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin could not at arrive at a deal. million borrowers.

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COE

MARCH 23, 2024

When combined with mandatory funding, the agreement continues to support a total maximum Pell Grant award of $7,395 for the 2024-2025 award year. billion and the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant program (SEOG) at $910 million. Congress continued funding the Federal Work-Study program at $1.2

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COE

JANUARY 4, 2023

Several places in law, regulations, and your TRIO grant award say you can’t use federal funds to lobby. . You cannot use grant funds for meals, transportation, and hotel charges on the days of the Legislative Conference. “Let’s say your grant is for $250,000. “Let’s say your grant is for $250,000.

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COE

APRIL 12, 2023

The roadmap currently includes the following announcements:  May : New Pell Grant look-up tables will show the eligibility thresholds for minimum and maximum Pell Grants by household size and adjusted gross income. Additionally, incarcerated students will regain eligibility for the Pell Grant. 

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Student Loan Hero

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Student loan forgiveness can wipe out part or all of your student loan debt. The big news on the student loan forgiveness front is that the federal government plans to forgive up to $10,000 in federally held student debt, or up to $20,000 if you previously received a Pell Grant. ( Volunteers.

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COE

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ($15 million increase for $910 million total). increase to the maximum Pell grant award (increasing by $500 to a maximum of $7,395). Click to view the page: The Biden Administration Announces Plan to Forgive Up to $20,000 of Federal Student Loan Debt. billion total).

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#RealCollege Blog

MAY 12, 2022

The Biden Administration is also looking at limiting this debt relief to those earning less than $125,000 per year. In practice, an income cap would require the federal government to set up a paperwork trap that could deny relief to the student loan borrowers who most urgently need the help.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, which cancels $10,000 of debt for borrowers earning under $125,000 and offers $20,000 of relief to Pell Grant recipients, is scheduled to come before the U.S. Secretary of Education the power to “modify” and to “compromise, waive, or release” claims against students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Jon Fansmith Fansmith is hopeful that Biden will discuss federal financial aid, particularly the possibility of doubling the Pell Grant. He also says he believes Biden will bring up the student loan forgiveness program, now before the U.S. Finding out if that is still a priority of the administration would be interesting.”

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

“TRIO participants shared with locally elected officials their TRIO success stories and how state funding—All Iowa Opportunity Scholarships, Iowa Tuition Grants, Last Dollar Scholar, and Kibbie grants—helps support their educational journeys.”

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COE

JULY 18, 2023

Level funding is a tremendous victory for organized TRIO in a bill that cuts funding for the Department of Education by 28% — and that eliminates programs such as Federal Work Study and the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG). The bill maintains the maximum Pell Grant award of $6,335.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

AUGUST 26, 2022

On August 24 2022, President Biden announced that he would cancel $10,000 of federal student loan debt for all borrowers who make less than $125,000 (for individuals) or less than $250,000 (for married couples or heads of households) and $20,000 for borrowers who received a Pell grant when in college and fall under those income thresholds.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

OCTOBER 18, 2022

That means you can apply today to have $10,000 to $20,000 in eligible federal student loan debt canceled. One Page Checklist on Cancellation: Student Loan Cancellation. Here are answers to a few common questions about this new cancellation program: Who is eligible for one-time student debt cancellation?

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 10, 2023

Student loan balances have spiked in the last few years. To reduce this burden, President Biden announced the Student Loan Forgiveness Plan (the Plan) in August 2022. It forgives $10,000 of student debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 per year, and up to $20,000 for former Pell Grant recipients.

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COE

AUGUST 9, 2023

Other than a discretionary increase in the maximum Pell Grant award by $250, bringing the total maximum award to $7,645, the Senate bill effectively froze education funding at FY2023 levels. The Federal TRIO Programs and GEAR UP were funded at FY2023 levels: TRIO at $1.2 billion and GEAR UP at $388 million.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

March to June 2023 In March, the Biden-Harris Administration released its budget request to Congress for FY24 asking Congress to provide a $107 million (or 9%) funding increase for TRIO, for a total proposed appropriation of $1.3 If you are on time, you are late.’ So, I was never late.” billion in FY24.

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COE

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For instance, according to CASSIE, while only about 20% of first-generation college students complete their degrees, an impressive 94% of first-generation students who studied abroad earned their undergraduate degrees. Blog Veterans Upward Bound Programs Commemorate Memorial Day with Activities and Ceremonies Across the U.S.

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COE

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The First-Generation College Celebration is celebrated each year on November 8 as it marks the anniversary of signing of the 1965 Higher Education Act , which has helped millions of first-generation students persist to degree completion.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tuition: Controlling net tuition increases and using large endowments to eliminate tuition for students from families making less than a certain amount. Financial aid: Continuing to innovate with small emergency and completion grants to help students through temporary financial distress.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tuition: Controlling net tuition increases and using large endowments to eliminate tuition for students from families making less than a certain amount. Financial aid: Continuing to innovate with small emergency and completion grants to help students through temporary financial distress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Undersecretary of education James Kvaal at the Education Writers Association Higher Education Seminar Much of the discussion focused on the Department of Education’s (ED) reactions to what moderator Adolfo Guzman-Lopez of LAist called the “two punches” of Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action and student debt relief.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 12, 2023

For many, this disrupted their ability to repay their Federal student loans, so repayments were suspended in March 2020. It was already set to end 60 days after June 30 or 60 days after the Supreme Court issued a decision on the legality of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, whichever occurred first.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program last month, he vowed that his administration would not give up the fight, swiftly announcing plans to offer debt relief under an alternative authority , the Higher Education Act of 1965. After the U.S. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla.,

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